"[One] of the ten films which have most affected me" Krzysztof Kieślowski

Presented from a brand new 4K restoration, Second Run presents a special Blu-ray edition of Ivan Passer’s Intimate Lighting.

Focussing on the humour of the ordinary and stunningly shot by Miroslav Ondříček (A Blonde in Love, If…, Amadeus), the film shows true affection and understanding for all its characters. A work of great originality and universal acceptance, Intimate Lighting is a beautifully observed drama of the everyday.

“One of Jancsó’s masterpieces – perhaps even his best film of all – and totally unlike anything else in cinema”
John Russell Taylor

An elliptical, claustrophobic drama shot in the brilliant, breathtaking long takes that are Jancsó’s trademark, Silence and Cry is set after the fall of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919.

The final part of an epic unofficial trilogy, following The Round-Up and The Red and the White, Silence and Cry reveals the terrible impact of tyrannical power, politics and history.

Available on both region-free Blu-Ray and DVD formats, Silence and Cry is presented from the brand new HD transfer of the film by the Hungarian Digital Archive and Film Institute, supervised by the film’s cinematographer János Kende, with special features including Jancsó’s
renowned documentary 'Jelenlét' trilogy of short films, and a booklet featuring a new essay by Tony Rayns.

Release Date:February 2018

Neon Bull
(Boi neon)A film by Gabriel MascaroBrazil, 2015

“Neon Bull is a profound reflection on the intersection of the human and bestial... exalts carnal passion in beautiful, almost sculptural love scenes” New York Times

Available on both Blu-Ray and DVD formats, Neon Bull is presented from the brand new HD transfer of the film, with special features including an extended 'Making of' featurette and director Gabriel Mascaro in conversation at the Film fra Sør festival in Norway, plus a booklet featuring a previously unpublished interview with the director by David Jenkins.

Release Date:April 2018

The Cremator
(Spalovač mrtvol)A film by Juraj HerzCzechoslovakia, 1968

“The Cremator is an irresistibly septic meditation on death and the hideous lure of fascism. I've never seen a film display such morbid euphoria” Peter Strickland

Presented from new HD materials, Second Run presents a special Blu-ray edition of one of its most enduringly popular titles – Juraj Herz’s The Cremator.

This brilliantly chilling film, a unique mix of Psycho, Dr Strangelove and Repulsion, is set in Prague during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. It tells the story of Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrušínský), a professional cremator, for whom the political climate allows free rein to his increasingly perverse and deranged impulses for the ‘salvation of the world’…

Presented from a new HD transfer this region-free Blu-ray special edition also includes Herz's rarely-seen 1965 debut short film The Junk Shop (Sběrné surovosti), a new audio commentary by Kat Ellinger and a filmed introduction by the Quay Brothers.